Introduction to Akka — Java

What is Akka framework? When should I use it?

Hello fellow developers,
We all want to achieve concurrent programming model but by using Spring we can only do so much. Developing concurrent application is difficult because we need to deal with synchronization, locks and shared memory. Let’s see how Akka can help us in achieving concurrency model.

Akka Introduction

Akka is a set of open-source libraries for designing scalable, resilient systems that span processor cores and networks. Akka allows us to focus on meeting business needs instead of writing low-level code to provide reliable behavior, fault tolerance, and high performance.

Spring focuses on the “plumbing” of enterprise applications so that developers can focus on application-level business logic, without unnecessary ties to specific deployment environments. Whereas Akka uses actor model and provides a level of abstraction that makes it easier to write correct concurrent, parallel and distributed systems.

The actor model spans the full set of Akka libraries, providing us with a consistent way of understanding and using them. We can use only those libraries that are required for our use case and requirements. Thus, Akka offers a depth of integration that we cannot achieve…